alke

alke

1. partitive plural of alk

From Old Norse alka.

alke f or m (definite singular alka or alken, indefinite plural alker, definite plural alkene)

1. a razorbill, Alca torda
2. a bird of the family Alcidae, the auks

• “alke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /²alkə/, /²aɽkə/

From earlier and Old Norse alka, from Proto-Germanic *alkǭ. Akin to English auk.

• alka (pre-2012)
• ålke, ælke (dialectal)

alke f (definite singular alka, indefinite plural alker, definite plural alkene)

1. a razorbill, Alca torda
2. a bird of the family Alcidae, the auks

Perhaps derived from Middle Low German.

alke (present tense alkar, past tense alka, past participle alka, passive infinitive alkast, present participle alkande, imperative alke/alk)

1. e-infinitive form of alka

alke f (definite singular alka, indefinite plural alker, definite plural alkene)

1. a dirty and messy person

Compare dialectal Swedish ulka (“to start growling”).

alke (present tense alkar, past tense alka, past participle alka, passive infinitive alkast, present participle alkande, imperative alke/alk)

1. e-infinitive form of alka

alke f (definite singular alka, indefinite plural alker, definite plural alkene)

1. a vexatious man

• “alke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• elka, kale, lake, leka